C4RE Training Course: Understanding, Supporting, and Reducing Stigma - Peer Support Program

General Objectives of the Course

- Prevent mental illness, promote mental health, and improve the emotional well-being of higher education students by reducing stigma and promoting mental health literacy;
- Promote the development of a network-based intervention system in the Stepped Care format, focusing on assessment, support, and referrals by Peers – Social Gatekeepers – that connects students with the UC Health Services;
- Improve, facilitate, and promote access to Health Services, especially psychological intervention;
- Improve the response of Health Services in higher education by directing specialized resources in the area of mental health more efficiently.

Admission Requirements

Higher education students enrolled at the University of Coimbra (regardless of their educational level and/or field).

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Mode of Study

Face-to-face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Approved or not approved (Approved when attendance is greater than or equal to 75% of the course, that is, 18 or more hours).

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

Mental health literacy; reducing stigma regarding mental illness; interpersonal skills (compassion, social connection); skills that promote resilience and emotional well-being in relationships with oneself (adaptive emotional regulation strategies, self-compassion, self-efficacy); skills for recognizing and signaling situations of significant emotional distress (in the self and in others); helping colleagues with basic emotion management; skills for screening priority cases of emotional distress; referral of cases of emotional distress to the MHWBS.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra

Study Programme

C4RE: Understanding, Supporting, and Reducing Stigma - Peer Support Program

Academic year
2025-2026

Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 27 HORAS

ECTS Credits: 1.0